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Ornate Barrel Orchestrion in Munich Museum
By Christian Tedesco

Hello, does anybody have a recording or video of the Josef Stern
orchestrion at Münchner Stadtmuseum in Munich? It looks very
imposing with its figures (possibly animated?) and I am wondering
how it sounds.

Thanks,
Christian Tedesco

 [ At https://www.muenchner-stadtmuseum.de/en/collections/music
 [ https://www.muenchner-stadtmuseum.de/fileadmin/redaktion/sammlungen/musik/Orchestrion.jpg

 [ It looks very much like a Welte Concert Orchestrion. Compare
 [ with the photo at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welte-Mignon 
 [
 [ A barrel orchestrion by Josef Stern is described at
 [ https://bawue.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=1255 
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Mon 25 Jan 2021, 15:36:03 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  Barrel, Munich, Museum, Orchestrion, Ornate

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